New Statue of Roman Emperor Discovered

The BBC News reports today that archaeologists have uncovered fragments of a massive statue of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 CE) in a frigidarium in Sagalassos. To give you some idea of its size, the statue's right arm is 5 feet long, and the head is 3 feet high.

Check out the story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7580745.stm .

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Why maybe I should have studied archaeology too.

The Villa of the Papyri is one of the two most energizing and awesome contemporary projects in the world of classics today. (The second, the Antikythera mechanism, will likely be the subject of a future blog post as well.) Check out this article from The Australian newspaper a couple of weeks ago that explains why I am currently contemplating moving to Italy...

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24096948-25132,00.html

Can we say 'Aristotle's second book of the Poetics', anyone??

...and we're back!

National Convention was a blast, as expected. It's been tough getting back into the getting-ready-for-school-in-three-weeks mode...